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That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis and Reality

In five pages this paper discusses the reality of this literary combination of fantasy and myth. Two sources are listed in the bi...

Thomas Frank's One Market Under God

In five pages this paper provides an essay overview of the amusing observations the author makes in his textual exposure of the 'N...

Concepts Relating to Socrates and Plato

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Critically Analyzed

black man with little formal education could have written such an impressive text. In order to dispel any notion that his narrati...

Christian and Islam Views on Creation

Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden and God as Creator. However, at this point, with the intervention of the devil, there is a cru...

Machiavelli's Views

but rather as things were at the time. That one shouldnt strive for better is insinuated, but with the reality of the throne, come...

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois and Myth

in human society, agreed with Carl Jung that certain myths appear to represent archetypal forms that are common to all peoples. Ca...

Japan and Education

the warm and fuzzy that it can be in the United States, nor is it the prison that it has been painted out to be....

Persephone and Demeter

an arrow and it landed directly in Hades heart (Forebel). Hades fell in love with Persephone and insisted that she marry him and ...

Aspects of Celtic Mythology

see a great deal of intent on magic in a Celtic wedding, where there are many ways in which to honor the mystical forces, some of ...

An Analysis of an Article on Fingerprints by Gregg Easterbrook

testing since its available and relatively inexpensive-why would we not want to make sure that the people who are in prison actual...

Middle Age of Human Development Myths and Reality

a great deal of study of late due to the fact that there are so many "baby boomers" coming of middle and elderly ages, pushing asi...

Dispelling Police Investigation Myths

In three pages this paper exposes the false myth that all crimes are investigated by law enforcement officials. Three sources are...

Nigerian Yoruba and Hindu Myths Regarding Creation

The Yoruba gods Olorun, Orunmila, Obatala, Olokun, and Eshu alike have many powers. The Hindu gods, in turn, represent the concep...

Police Discretion's Mythological Aspects

is the responsibility of the criminal and juvenile justice systems to prosecute all violations of the law, and ... failure to do s...

No Climate Crisis According to Author Michael Crichton

most entertaining books ever written, including Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain and The Lost World among others. His 2004 "tec...

White Skin as Privilege?

generally focuses on how so many people have worked hard to become part of the white race. This, in and of itself, would clearly b...

The Threat to Earth Presented by Global Warming

on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...

The Threat to Earth Presented by Global Warming

on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...

Mythology for Nations and Individuals

the will to live together is the result of sharing past memories. These shared memories of common experiences, whether "of glories...

Issues Facing the Transgendered Person

(2001). Duberman got his doctorate in 1957 and was firmly "in the closet" at the time, but when he wrote in 2001, he no longer had...

Fact and Fiction of Drug Legislation

America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...

Payment for Donating Blood

the blood utilized by the pharmaceutical industry in developing vaccines, diagnostics, and drug products (114). That of course mak...

American Immigration Paradoxes

will explore the ramifications of these paradoxes, focusing primarily on the experience of Puerto Rican immigrants. Silvia Pedra...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

Barriers Between Readers and the Other

West, who defined the native American tribes as "savages"; and by so doing, made it possible to justify killing them (in self-defe...

Oedipus Myth and D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

all the necessary stages in that development would be as futile as Oedipuss attempts to challenge the Fates....

Ramayana and King Arthur Myths

the Protector, one of the three great gods of the Indian pantheon, and Sita is the avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosp...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

Shintoism Ritual, Symbol, and Myth

been influenced by Japans contact with other cultures, particularly China (Shinto). The most striking feature of the Shinto reli...